Ironclads on the Georgia Coast - Destruction of the CSS Rattlesnake

Blockade runner CSS Nashville ; converted into the commerce raider CSS Rattlesnake After two attempts by the ironclad monitor gunboat USS Mo...

Presidents' Day: Lincoln Remembered

Abraham Lincoln, The Martyr, Victorious by John Sartain I had a hard time composing a blog post about Abraham Lincoln and Presidents' D...

"What ship is that?" CSS Alabama Strikes, Sinks USS Hatteras

CSS Alabama continued her cruise west across the Gulf of Mexico, reaching its western edge by mid January 1863.  Captain Raphael Semmes rec...

African American Sailors of the Civil War Navy

February is African American History Month.  The celebration commemorates the many achievements of figures throughout the experience of the ...

Confederate ambush and capture of the USS Isaac Smith

One hundred and fifty years ago this afternoon, Acting Lieutenant Francis S. Conover skippered the USS Isaac Smith up the Stono River outsi...

Ironclads on the Georgia Coast - Monitor vs. Fort I

USS Montauk (left) laid up in 1902. The proud warship would be scrapped a couple years later. Image source: Naval History and Heritage Comma...

MLK and the Rights of Men: A Sesquicentennial Introspective

Dr. King during the March on Washington Today (January 21, 2013) we celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Dr. King was...